Things That Are Pissing Me Off Today

5 Things That Are Pissing Me Off Today

1. Work. Lately, there's been a dearth of work which makes me bored. I get bored anyway, but more bored these days. I'm sick of meaningless work. And there are too many kids at this school. It feels overcrowded. There was a line for the elevator! I wish it still was break. It was rather quiet then.

2. The waiting game. I get bored and this propels me to check my email and Myspace obsessively. Like a 100 times a day. Then, I get pissed when no one gets back to me. No one has gotten back to me about my pitches and such. Why can't people just follow through and return messages? I hate that. And when people don't write back, I take it personally, like I did something wrong. Waiting, waiting, waiting...

3. The mail. I've been anxiously waiting to receive some mail and have not received it yet. I don't understand why the mail is so slow. I was suppose to receive a check for a couple of articles I did. It was sent to me before Christmas. My editor resent the check, but I still haven't received it. I'm paranoid about the mail. Our mail is dropped through a slot in the door. I share mail with my 2 roommates and 2 neighbors. I worry my mail accidentally got mixed in with the neighbors. Or maybe they stole my mail. I just want my mail already.

4. Bloc Party. They've been on of my fave bands for the past two years as I loved and still love every minute of Silent Alarm, but I just read how they recorded their second album to sound like Coldplay. I've heard the new album, and it's good, but it's not Silent Alarm. Fucking sell outs.

5. The CTA. I tried to put money on my card this morning, but the machine wouldn't accept my wrinkled dollar bill. I did not have another bill. I had to walk to the bank, withdraw money, and put $20 bucks on my card leaving me no lunch money and making me late to work.

5 Things That Aren't Pissing Me Off

1. Instant Messenger. It's my only portal to the outside world during the day. A couple of days ago I made a new "cyber friend." A guy who works with someone I used to work with tracked me down on Myspace. He works at my old job. I've never met him, but we've been "talking" online. We bitch about how much we hate work especially about the place I used to work. Someone to silently feel my pain.

2. Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos. I'm going to see them in concert tonight at Schubas. I interviewed them, so I got on the list plus one. My friend is coming with me. The first concert of the new year. I also got on the list for Camera Obscura. Love them. Now I must work on getting a pass to see The Shins when they roll into town.

3. Sally Shapiro and Sol Seppy. I just discovered these two artists. Both have incredible voices. Sally's music is dubbed Italian Disco, a genre I didn't even know existed. Both make ethereal, lovely music. Sally's is a little more electronic influenced. Both of them take me to another world, making me feel sad and happy at the same time.

4. Dunkin Donuts. Earlier in the week, they handed out coupon books with really good deals. 99 cents for a large coffee? Dunkin makes me feel alive and caffeinated for approximately 10 minutes.

5. DePaul Guy. For once, I don't feel like kicking his ass. I've had two face to face conversations with him this week. If he truly hated me, he wouldn't talk to me or have read my Myspace message (which he did) or add someone to his Myspace because I told him to (which he did). All this could change in a second, but maybe there's a glimmer of hope for redemption yet.